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Section 297
 

(1) The parliamentary single-member constituency election commission shall adjudge


a) objections against the activities and decisions of the polling station commission and objections regarding other acts committed at polling stations;


b) all objections that are specifically related to the election in the single-member constituency.


(2) The territorial election commission shall adjudge appeals submitted against decisions, under Sections 124 (2)-(3) and 252 (2), by parliamentary single-member constituency election commissions.


(3) The National Election Commission shall adjudge


a) all objections not subject to (1) b);


b) with the exceptions specified in (2), appeals against the decisions of parliamentary single-member constituency election commissions.


(4) Requests for judicial review against decisions taken by the National Election Commission determining the national list result of the election shall be submitted in such manner as to be received by the National Election Commission no later than the day which follows the day on which the decision of the election commission was taken. The Curia shall take a decision concerning the request for judicial review no later than the day which follows the day on which the request was submitted.


(5) A request for judicial review against the decision of the National Election Commission determining the result of the national list voting shall be based on a violation of the law


a) when tallying the fragment votes in an election as specified in Section 294 (2),


b) when tallying the partial results as specified in Section 294 (3) or


c) when tallying the result of the vote under Section 295 and the partial results produced under a) and b),


or on a violation of the rules on determining the result of the election.